BIRDSA Study Guide

Raptors!Part 1

Bald Eagle!

Golden Eagle!Like all eagles, it belongs to the family

Accipitridae.-found in eastern oregon-big bird, with a big beak

Osprey!

Red-tailed Hawk!-does not always have a red tail-has broader wings than other hawks-most common hawk here

Cooper's Hawk!-long tail-Brown-red streaking on underside-thinner, does not have pointed wings or

helmet.

American Kestrel!is a falcon-pointed wings and is a smaller bird-reddish brown back-blue gray wings-Has the helmet coloring like the Peregrine

falcon -Gray head with black stripes-grassland habitat

Northern Harrier!*note white portion along lower back,

visible in flight.-Once known as Marsh hawk-Face is more like an owl than a hawk

(disk like)-White rump patch-flys low in marshes

Not this one!

Peregrine Falcon!*-high in food chain-rare due to DDT in the past-nest on bridges-hunt pigeons-ducks-rodents-Pointy wings-Dark 'helmet' patch on head extending

around eye-yellow beak, black tip, sharp-yellow talons

Great Horned Owl

BABY!<-----

Western Screech Owl!-common but hard to find-small ear tufts -brownish almost gray-Streaking on underside-disk shaped face

Barn Owl!

Swimming Birds!Part 2...

Mallard Duck!

American Wigeon!-Blue bill, dipped in ink look, black tip-white head-green stripe behind the eye-brownish body

Northern Shoveler!Dabler=tips over head in waterdoes not dive

Wood Duck!

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Northern Pintail!-tail is long and thin-neck has an elegant look-brown head-white patch/stripe wraps around head

and up neck.

Cinnamon Teal!-Bigger than a mallard or widgeon-Amber brown-blue patch on wing when flying

Blue-Winged Teal!-White line through the eye=female-White patch/crescent shaped on front of face

=male-Grayish head-Blue wing

Green-winged Teal!-Reddish head-Green stripe behind eye-Whitish stripe on side of the male-And a white triangle shaped patch on

end of the tail of the bird.

Ruddy Duck!Spikey tail!compact birdblue bill

Bufflehead! -Diving duck-During winter nest in California or

Canada

Common Merganser!-Diver-live on the willamette in big flocks-eat catfish-thin red beaks like razors-to catch fish-crested brown head

Hooded Merganser!-Diver, know by beak to catch fish

Canada Goose

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Snow Goose-White with black patches on end of

wings (The domesticated goose is all white)

Tundra Swan! • (aka Whistling Swan)

American Coot!

Double-Crested Cormorant!These birds just sit around sunning

themselves!

Common Loon!

Pied-billed Grebe!

Western Grebe!

Tufted Puffin!

American White Pelican!

Brown Pelican!

Miscellaneous Bird List...part 3

Great Blue Heron-Not as lanky as the Sandhill crane-crooked neck when they fly-yellow bill-they will eat everything, from mice to frogs, fish and snakes

Great Egret

Sandhill Crane

Know the call...-Straight neck when they fly-Gray, red patch on head-Thin long legs-Black bill-Eat grasses and grain

Killdeer

American Robin

House Sparrow-Non-native, from Europe-live under the eaves of houses-black patch on chin, white under the eye-greenish crown

Song Sparrow

European Starling

House Finch

Dark-eyed Junco-Pink bill-eats seeds-it is a type of sparrow

Black-capped Chickadee

Northern Flicker-eats ants, forages on the ground, nests in trees-when they fly, orange yellow underwing-red patch is not always on the head

Western Scrub Jay*lives in urban areas*makes a lot of noise

Steller's Jay*lives in forested areas*all blue with black crested head

American Crow*scavenger

Downy Woodpecker

Vaux's Swift

Violet-green Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Tree Swallow

Sage Grouse

Western Bluebird

California Quail

Rufous Hummingbird

American Dipper!-Found in fast running streams/rivers-nest in dome shaped nests on cliffs-they have build in googles, a membrane-long legs and stout, with a short tail-dark gray, non-descript

Know the calls!1. http://www.savingcranes.org/sandhill-crane.html2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO2jE0a2Xro3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW4xXbiKCPo&safe=active4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-pgV6-A8ZA&safe=active5.http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/great_horned_owl/sounds6.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0S3NhhV1js&safe=active7.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-jtv7sLFuc&feature=fvwrel